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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

ATI Graphics Drives Stopped Working

Asked by Robert Phillips

I have been using Ubuntu for a few months now and it's great. OpenGL and the 3D card were working perfectly and I had some great desktop effects going on. However, I don't know exactly what I did but I think I installed the ATI binary X.org driver using the software centre as I thought I might need it. Now all my desktop effects are gone and OpenGL no longer works. Even if I uninstall the X.org driver the default drivers do not work. How do I re-enable or re-install the default ATI Drivers that were working before my tinkering.

Thanks in advance.

Robert

Acer Aspire 5050 Laptop
2.5gb RAM
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 integrated graphics (64-256mb shared memory)

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Carlos Andrés Zambrano (czam) (carlos.zambrano) said : 		#1

Hi
System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and check if there is your video card active.

Or you can Download Envy NG http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html and reinstall the driver for your ATI.

Envy NG is an application which allows you install ATI drivers easily.

Carlos Zambrano (czam)

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Robert Phillips (robert-harridgestoves) said : 		#2

Thank you for your response. I tried those things and more but nothing worked. I'll get the hang of it eventually I suppose. Anyway, I solved the problem by just re-installing Ubuntu from scratch and now 9.10 works great again.

Cheers,
Robert.